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Jumping carp disrupt recreational boating and other water-based activities.
Environment

Chicago’s dirty water may be keeping invasive species at bay

By Lauren Leffer

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the first illness linked to the contaminated Quarter Pounders was reported in September.
Health

Why McDonald’s E. coli outbreak could be a sign of more to come

By Mack DeGeurin

Tardigrades were exposed to heavy doses of gamma rays—high-energy photons that are one form of ionizing radiation—and researchers then studied how their systems responded.
Science

Researchers start to unravel the secrets of tardigrade radiation resilience

By Tom Hawking

A nearly 15-foot-long Burmese python devours a 77-pound deer in Florida.
Environment

Burmese pythons stretch their mouths even wider than we thought possible

By Andrew Paul

a man wearing a NASA hat aboard the International Space Station squirts ketchup into his mouth. the ketchup comes out in one long stream
Science

See (and never unsee) a NASA astronaut eating ketchup in space

By Laura Baisas

The first few hundred digits of the prime number M136279841
Science

Man spent $2 million to find new largest prime number

By Andrew Paul

two pink flamingoes. both are standing on one leg
Health

How long can you stand on one leg? What it says about your health.

By Laura Baisas

Neither candidate has talked much about space policy on the campaign trail, but both have records to consider.
Science

How Harris and Trump differ on space policy

By Thomas G. Roberts / The Conversation

FastRig wing-sail deployed on cargo ship at dock
Technology

A nuclear waste tanker ship is testing a 65-foot-tall wing-sail

By Andrew Paul

dark woods with fog
Health

Corrupt government officials, illness among the biggest fears of 2024

By Laura Baisas

'Electro-agriculture' prototype.
Environment

‘Electro-agriculture’ may help plants grow in the dark

By Tom Hawking

a black hole with orange and blue light swirling around it. two other objects, a large orange circle and a smaller bright orange star orbit around it
Science

First ‘black hole triple’ may have formed in a surprisingly gentle way

By Laura Baisas

Jeff VanderMeer next to book cover for Absolution
Science

Jeff VanderMeer talks about his new novel and ‘deranged court jester’ Elon Musk

By Andrew Paul

Mattoon Daily Journal-Gazette headlines as they appeared on the front-page.
Science

The ‘Mad Gasser of Mattoon’ is one of history’s most bizarre unsolved mysteries

By Popular Science Staff

An illustration, drawn and engraved, of an eastern whip-poor-will, by Richard Polydore Nodder.
Environment

What happened to this iconic bird of American horror?

By Jared Del Rosso / The Conversation

cut oranges, grapefruits, limes, and lemon together in a group
Health

Yes, you can still get scurvy

By Laura Baisas

A technician inspects a prototype LISA telescope.
Science

NASA unveils model of LISA, a satellite array for studying ripples in space-time

By Andrew Paul

close up of nose
Health

People who can’t smell breathe differently

By Lauren Leffer

Woman throwing disc golf disc in park
Science

How to improve your disc golf game with a little physics

By Andrew Paul

orange and yellow leaves on the ground of a forest
Environment

Why 60 degrees in fall feels different than in the spring

By Laura Baisas

Xerox
Technology

The fascinating, rocky history of the ubiquitous Xerox

By Bill Gourgey

Alone with dementia
Health

Millions of aging Americans are facing dementia by themselves

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News

Gila monster
Science

Gila monster spit inspired a new way to detect rare pancreatic tumors

By Andrew Paul

smallest dinosaur egg fossil
Science

These are the smallest fossilized dinosaur eggs ever found

By Andrew Paul

yellow pollen shooting out of a red flower
Science

Plants could be manipulating sperm in completely new ways

By Laura Baisas

A monkey carrying dead offspring.
Environment

How animals react to death: From vigils to cannibalism

By Lauren Leffer

Still from Armageddon (1998).
Science

What Hollywood gets wrong—and surprisingly right—about saving the world from killer asteroids

By Robin Andrews

As the tide of invasive Pacific pink salmon threatens to overwhelm Norway’s rivers, the locals—above on the Vestre Jakobselv—net or trap as many possible before the fish spawn and die, potentially changing the ecology of the region.
Environment

Where the rivers run pink

By Jude Isabella/Hakai Magazine

two stalk-eyed flies fight on a stick. these flies have long antennae with eyeballs on the tips
Environment

Flies with shorter eye-stalks act aggressively because females are less attracted to them

By Laura Baisas

two rocks in foreground, milky way in background
Science

12 breathtaking images from the 2024 Astrophotography Prize Photographer of the Year awards

By Popular Science Team

A fusion experiment ran so hot that the wall materials facing the plasma retained defects.
Environment

How can we make nuclear fusion a reliable energy source one day?

By Sophie Blondel / The Conversation

the google docs logo with cartoon people around it
DIY

Stop using Arial: How to change the default fonts in Google Docs

By David Nield

three photos: a rat holding orange string, a woman with a robot rat on her head and a robot rat with wires coming out of it
Technology

Meet the engineer who crafted a genius animatronic ‘Ratatouille’ Halloween costume

By Eric Alt

Equipment including an electrochemical reactor where seawater is split via electrolysis to capture carbon on a barge for UCLA's SeaChange climate change carbon removal project at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California on April 12, 2023. The project is now known as Equatic.
Environment

Marine carbon dioxide removal is about to go big

By Ramin Skibba / Hakai Magazine

The Winchcombe meteorite sits on display at the Natural History Museum on May 13, 2021 in London, England. The meteorite is a rare type, the first to fall in 30 years.
Science

When a meteor smashes into your driveway

By Robin Andrews

HMS Trooper submarine wreckage
Military

WWII submarine discovered 81 years after vanishing on a secret mission

By Andrew Paul

Close up of FBI windbreaker jacket
Technology

Bitcoin bro searched ‘how can I know for sure if I am being investigated by the FBI’ before FBI arrest

By Andrew Paul

the gemini logo on black background with a phone next to it
DIY

How to use Gemini AI to ask questions about your Gmail inbox

By David Nield

First responders and residents alike are using drones to assess hurricane damage and search for missing persons.
Environment

Drones are playing a critical role in Milton and Helene recovery

By Mack DeGeurin

Migraine pain, a leading cause of disability, is now thought to start in the membranes surrounding the brain.
Science

Studies of migraine’s many triggers offer paths to new therapies

By Amber Dance/Knowable Magazine

several orange and black monarch butterflies dot large green leaves
Environment

Scientists build rest stops for monarch butterflies on a volcano

By Laura Baisas

Ai-Da robot standing in front of two of its paintings at the United Nations
Technology

A humanoid robot’s painting called ‘AI God’ may sell for over $120,000

By Andrew Paul

a close up of four pieces of sliced bread
Science

Our love of delicious carbs may go back 800,000 years

By Laura Baisas

This photo taken during a media tour on October 11, 2024 shows the neutrino detector, a stainless steel and acrylic sphere around 35 meters in diameter, at the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (Juno) in Kaiping, in southern China's Guangdong province.
Science

China races to unlock one of the biggest mysteries in particle physics

By Andrew Paul

A photograph showing two big and two little Pyrocystis noctiluca.
Environment

Why these plankton puff up to 6x bigger than normal

By Laura Baisas

A US Navy officer releases a weather balloon over the Atlantic Ocean in 2009. Today, the United States launches around 76,600 balloons annually to gather high-altitude weather data on air temperature, pressure, and humidity.
Environment

Weather forecasting is deadly for marine wildlife

By Danielle Beurteaux / Hakai Magazine

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Health

Could Ozempic and similar drugs be used to treat substance use disorders?

By Tom Hawking

surgical equipment on table
Science

Autopsy of 78-year-old man reveals he had three penises

By Andrew Paul

a blue whale skeleton on display at a museum
Science

Blue whale skeleton still leaking oil, 26 years after death

By Laura Baisas

Axiom and Prada designed a custom white fabric that can protect astronauts from extreme heat and dangerous lunar dust.
Science

How Prada’s fancy Artemis III spacesuits work

By Mack DeGeurin

Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell scaling Devil's Climb in Alaska
Environment

Rock climbing legend Alex Honnold talks his Devil’s Climb, Google Maps, and biking with wild horses

By Andrew Paul

a musuem exhibit with a dinosaur skeleton. a picture of actor jeff goldblum saying "that is a one big pile of poop" is in the lower left.
Science

The Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolites

By Laura Baisas

A farmer promotes taro through a live webcast in a field in Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, on Sept. 9, 2024.
Technology

Farms to fame: How China’s rural influencers are redefining country life

By Mitchell Gallagher / The Conversation

Sierra Space TCPS machine
Science

ISS astronauts to test trash compactor that’s basically WALL-E

By Andrew Paul

Researcher testing sensors and weights for fatigue monitoring
Technology

Wearable sensors monitor factory worker fatigue in real time

By Andrew Paul

An architect's rendering of what Kairos' first demonstration mini nuclear reactor will look like when it's completed.
Environment

Google bets big on ‘mini’ nuclear reactors to feed its AI demands

By Mack DeGeurin

Moflin robot pet
Technology

Casio thinks an AI-powered furball can replace your pet

By Andrew Paul

An illustration showing an imposing fully-grown male Palaeoloxodon turkmenicus wandering India’a Kashmir Valley, 400,000 years ago, towering over a herd of Central Asian red deer. In the distance, a small band of prehistoric humans set up a campfire to cook their meal.
Science

Mysterious elephant species uncovered with 87 prehistoric stone tools

By Laura Baisas

The surface of Europa – one of Jupiter’s moons – is a thick layer of solid ice.
Science

Europa Clipper is one of two missions on their way to see if Jupiter’s moons could support life

By Mike Sori / The Conversation

a small frog with light green coloring and dark spots sits on a green leaf
Environment

Seven new frog species named for their ‘Star Trek’-esque calls

By Laura Baisas

man stands behind large pumpkin with scarecrow
Environment

Gargantuan pumpkin could flavor 74,794 pumpkin spice lattes

By Laura Baisas

green old car parked on the street
Technology

Bentley used original design drawings to meticulously recreate its 1930 Speed Six

By Kristin Shaw

Armenian sapphire (muscari armeniacum) flowers closeup. Shallow depth of field.
DIY

How to revamp your lawn’s reputation with bulbs

By Debbie Wolfe

wildfire
Environment

Why wildfires started by human activities can be more destructive and harder to contain

By Virginia Iglesias / The Conversation